55 - Real Estate Investing for Financial and Kingdom Returns | Keith Dunkin
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Will a double bottom line in real estate investing work? Our guest today operates in this realm – achieving significant ROI for investors and creating a major Kingdom impact. How do they do it? We will have the answers in this episode.
Keith Dunkin, co-founder, and CEO of Waymaker, a Christ-centered multifamily investment platform joins us to talk about Waymaker's innovative investment thesis, which uses data, technology, and world-class operations to create new assets or make existing ones better and make a difference in people’s lives in partnership with Apartment Life while achieving significant returns for investors. You'll hear about Keith's personal journey and his experience in the multifamily space and how his faith and generosity have played a central role in his life. Tune in now and learn how Waymaker creates kingdom impact and why community is good for both people and business.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Keith recounts how Waymaker came about and how a partnership with Apartment Life was formed.
- Keith cites some statistics and information on the impact that Apartment Life has created over the years.
- How Apartment Life creates meaningful relationships among tenants and stronger communities within the multifamily residential spaces that it manages and its positive effects on the business side of apartment ownership.
- Keith talks about Waymaker and its current business model.
- Keith highlights that the double bottom line - financial returns and Kingdom impact - is attainable as long as there is a high-quality investment opportunity offered by a values-aligned group.
- What is the most significant investment that Keith has ever made?
- Keith reflects on his life, shares mistakes committed and lessons learned.
- How does Keith view and exercise generosity?
- How is generosity built into the system of Waymaker?
- Keith answers the mentor-minute questions.
Tweetables:
“The double bottom line - financial returns and kingdom impact - is absolutely attainable. It starts with a high-quality exceptional investment opportunity brought by a values-aligned group.”
“One of the biggest challenges that we must solve as a country is we are lacking in truly affordable housing.“
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Wild At Heart by John Eldredge
The Kingdom Investor Podcast on LinkedIn
About Keith Dunkin
Keith Dunkin is a co-founder of Waymaker, an investment platform focused on serving people and delivering outperformance to investors through new developments, acquisitions of opportunities with significant returns, asset management, technology, and community engagement in partnership with Apartment Life. With the goal of transforming communities with the love of Christ in a fund that pursues compelling, risk-adjusted financial returns, Keith and his partners aim to leverage mission and technology to create positive resident living experiences and drive yield for investors.
Keith has more than 20 years of experience in multifamily including 17 years as senior vice president of the Asset Optimization platform of RealPage, a $10 billion multifamily technology firm.
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